Aki’s Letter:

Dear Gray:
 

I said hello to you again today.  I cried again too.  I tried to hold it back, but the pressure was too great.  God, you don’t know the sorrow I felt when I lost you. I wept for weeks.  Each time I visit The Memorial I see you in your Honor Guard uniform.  Forever preserved, forever silent, forever at peace.

But I am not alone: there were many others who stand before me and shed their tears for their fallen loved ones.  Friends, family, fellow soldiers…they all shared the same sad story.

Claire never does understand why everyone here is filled with such grief.  She always asks when you’ll come home.  I always tell her "Soon…soon enough."  It hurts when I have to say it, but sooner or later she’s going to figure it out—your gone—forever—and no amount of tears will bring you back.  But you will not be forgotten.

Aki
 
 

Claire's Letter:

To Daddy:
 

Hello again daddy.  Mommy took me to see you again.  She always cries when she sees you.  Everybody cries here.  The halls are always so cold.  I hope your warm daddy.  But when will you come out?  There are so many things I want to tell you about!

Mommy took me home after we saw you.  We talked on the way back, but mommy had red eyes the whole time.  She doesn’t say it, but I know she misses you.

Mr. Sid was nice to me yesterday.  He gave me a holo game.  Mommy didn’t like it much, but I love it.  Mommy says we’ll try to visit him again after the doctors see him.

Mommy just called and she wants me to help her with something.  Gotta run again dad, bye!
 

Claire